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that's when he drew blood!!!
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then we ran home to cry to mama
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I can't tell you how many times I have drawn blood and not had a clue as to how it happened. Just working away and then all the sudden stuff starts turning red and your like, wtf?! Did I cut myself somehow? When? On what?
The flip side is there have been a great many times where I busted a knuckle or something and instantly thought, wonder how much blood is going to pour out of this one! |
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The answer? It was me leaking red stuff from a pretty nasty gash in my arm that didn't bleed immediately when I bashed it on something sharp :eek:. It wasn't Dexron II. |
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Day Three of Engine Removal
picked up this Two Ton Load Leveler from Harbor Freight (aka the Cheap Chinese Tool Store) for about $45 bones, its a step above their 3/4 ton yellow one, fingered I am pulling the engine with the boat anchor SM465 Muncie, might as well get this one man, the Harbor Freightians sure have a sense of humor, they give you the [single use] plastic red handle with a grade 3 bolt for this TWO TON jack, LOL, needless to say we mucked up the threads on that piece of junk on first use, other than the handle, the leveler held up, and no one Got Dead! |
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after disconnecting the drive shaft and the transmission from the cross member, we put the engine hoist and the new leveler to good use
we left the starter on and the oil filter, and maybe if we was to do it again we would have removed these two aparatie to prevent them from catching on the engine mounts |
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and we have Lift Off
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down boy, good boy!
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and this Divorce is Final
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always wanted to git an engine up on this type of engine stand like they do on all them TV shows and tear it down
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then it was time to commence with The Tear Down ceremonies
first the valve covers and the intake manifold came off, this revealed a decent leak proof set of beads on the Great Wall of China, both in the front and the rear of the block, nice |
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Off with his head!
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the lifter extraction proved to be a challenge - had to resort to vice grips and liberal use of PB Blaster to [ahem] persuade them out - fortunately we is replacing them with brand new ones
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the crank pulley came off next, which allowed us to pull off the harmonic balancer
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the timing cover was do to come off next, in hind sight, might be more better to remove the oil pan first as the bottom of the timing set cover has a lip that protrudes and overlaps the oil pan, oh well
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that revealed the timing set, and the chain which had way too much stretchability
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then I pulled out the camshaft, make sure you remove the fuel pump rod to allow it to slide out
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pulled the crank gear next
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removed the water/coolant plugs out of the block on each side, and nothing came out, had to poke in there with a small flat screw driver to get a decent waterfall
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dropped the oil pan, removed the oil filter and the starter and decided to call it a night
The Russian Judge rated the Fun Level at 9 for the evening, sighting that it was exhilarating yet messy |
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I know you mentioned you were doing a top end job, Do you plan to tear it down further?
May need cam bearings and I would look at the crank bearings. |
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someone has done a timing chain change on that motor. gm used nylon coated upper gears for many years which ended up cracking.
my original chain was way more stretched than yours. |
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Fun! Only a level 9?! Lol that's a good feeling!
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I am just going to pretend all that is just good, ha ha |
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Greg, you've covered many pages since I checked in. Nice work! I really like the methodical approach, operating tables, organ bins and all. |
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Frustrating day today, the wife is out of town, so you think I would have time to work on the truck, but I gotta take one kid somewherez at 12:00 another at 2:30 then pick up the first at 4:00 and the next at 6:30, I kid you not
sometimes I think to myself, you know what all I wanna do is wrench on my truck, just be left alone, I say to myself, LOOK, I AIN'T BOTHERING NOBODY why can't I just be able to do this You ever feel like that? |
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somehow I decided to press on
got the passenger side motor mount off, had to excavate the bolt heads to even be able to get the socket on them, they had that much farm crust on them |
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on to the other side, the driver motor mount
observation, the passenger side has the nut welded on to it, the driver side do not |
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spuned her upside down for a looksie
pics sorta blurry, apologies man I can't wait to get that fugly orange off of her |
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these are the numbers off the stock cam 2944 and GM12 and K80 (not sure about the last one)
I can't find any info for that type of cam anywheres except some dude claiming it was a performance cam on eBay that he sold of $18 bucks, LOL |
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Haven't kept up with the forum in a while but junk the stock cam for a slightly More modern version.
What's your plan for the motor? If you stay flat tappet, on a budget go with a summit tight lobe seperation cam, they are the older but more modern than your stock cam. JMO, Brent |
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Comp Cams 12-235-2 or 12-231-2.
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When you get a call at 2am to bail them out of jail, when they move home for a few months in their 20's or 30's, when they go through a divorce and your Grandchild is in the middle, or anytime they do something unwise that you end up fixing - you'll remember fondly the days when running a taxi service was the only requirement. :lol: |
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But, my kids and wife know that I will ALWAYS be there to support them (note: not DO for them, support them as THEY do). As I watch them fly, it was worth 20 years of fitting my hobby in the little spots between. Frustrating, yes, I've been working on a simple tractor redo for almost 20 years, as other things rise up above it in priority. But prioritizing family before all else was part of saying 'I Do' and all that has followed. Trucks will always be important but "all true wealth is biological". |
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